Kitty Lee Jenner | |
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Morvoren | |
.jpg) Jenner in 1930 | |
| Born | Katharine Lee Rawlings 9 December 1853 Hayle, Cornwall |
| Died | 21 October 1936 (aged 83) Hayle, Cornwall |
| Resting place | Lelant |
| Other names | Katharine Jenner, Katharine Lee |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, author, bard |
| Spouse | Henry Jenner |
| Children | 1 |
Kitty Lee Jenner (12 September 1853 – 21 October 1936) was a Cornish[1][2][3] artist, bard and writer who helped to set up the Cornish Gorsedh. She grew up in Cornwall and studied art in London. She later became an author, publishing six novels under the name Katharine Lee, as well as writing books on Christian symbolism. She became known as Mrs Henry Jenner and Katharine Jenner following her marriage to Henry Jenner in 1877. The couple had one child together. To begin with, she was the more famous person in the relationship.[citation needed]
As well as pursuing her writing career, Jenner worked together with her husband on themes such as sacred art and the Cornish language revival. After becoming a bard of Gorsedd Cymru in 1904, she took the name Morvoren.[4] She died at home in 1936, at the age of 83.
- ^ Kent, Alan (1998). 'Wives, Mothers and Sisters': Feminism, Literature and Women Writers in Cornwall. Penzance, Cornwall: The Patten Press. p. 24. ISBN 1872229336.
- ^ Ellis, P. Berresford (1 January 1974). The Cornish Language and its Literature. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 144. ISBN 978-0710079282.
- ^ Ellis, P. Berresford (1 March 1998). The Story of the Cornish Language. Penryn, Cornwall: Tor Mark Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0850253719.
- ^ "Bardic Roll" (PDF). Gorsedh Kernow. Retrieved 11 March 2024.